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Comprehensive Plan Potable Water Sub-Element Community Development Department Indian River County 4 EXISTING CONDITIONS To adequately address existing conditions, this plan must identify all of the potable water systems in the county. In so doing, it is helpful to consider the systems by category. Within Indian River County, potable water is provided by the County Utilities Department, the City of Vero Beach, the City of Fellsmere, franchised water treatment facilities, and private wells. Each of these systems must be considered in terms of its geographic service area, water supply, water treatment, and water distribution. Figure 3.B.1 shows the county potable water service areas and the City of Vero Beach potable water service area. Within Indian River County, public water supply systems, private water supply systems, and private wells all depend upon groundwater as their water supply source. Even with groundwater used as a supply source by all systems, there are still substantial supply differences among the various systems. As with water supply sources, treatment methods vary among water systems within the county. In fact, one reason that treatment methods vary is because the supply sources differ. In fact, treatment methods sometimes differ even among systems using similar supply sources. Therefore, it is important to identify and assess treatment methods and capacities for each water system in the county. The final component of the potable water system is distribution. This is the process by which potable water is transmitted from the treatment plant to the user. Consisting of pipes, mains, pump stations, elevated and ground storage tanks, as well as other facilities, the distribution system is an important component of any potable water system.